Students may be flooding the State and City University systems in record numbers, but they will be paying more for less due to the budget crunch.

Enrollment at the City University of New York is expected to rise by about 12%, while tuition is going up $600 and state per-student funding is dropping for the fourth straight year.

Blaine Badick was supposed to graduate from Hunter in May but won't because there was no room in a psychology course required for graduation.

"I barely make it as it is," said Badick, 20, who takes a full load of classes and also works 30 hours a week baby-sitting to make ends meet.

"I got offered a job at the Salvation Army, but they said I needed my degree."

She will have to spend an additional $1,000 to get the credits she needs and find housing, because she is being ejected from the dorm after her maximum two-year stay there.

CUNY is also facing cuts proposed by the mayor, which includes a $30 million hit to community college budgets.

Also facing the ax is the Vallone scholarship, which grants $500 to 12,000 CUNY students who maintain B averages.

"If they raise tuition and take away the scholarship," said Vallone recipient Lisa LaManna, a sophomore at the College of Staten Island, "I won't be able to stay in full time, which means I'll have four more years instead of two."

She said she would also lose her teaching job at the college, which is open only to full-time students.

CUNY officials are hopeful the proposed cuts will be restored, a spokesman said, and will soon announce a new financial aid initiative for needy students.

"We are endeavoring to maintain and protect the classroom environment and ensure that our students continue to receive the high-quality education that they currently receive," said Michael Arena, director for communications and marketing.

Advocates said they would press to stop the city cuts at a City Council hearing Tuesday.